The Villa Archinti Pennati is a Neoclassical style rural palace outside of the town of

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, in the

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, Italy.

History

The villa's design is indebted to

Luigi Canonica Luigi Canonica (Tesserete, Canton Ticino, 9 March 1762 – Milan, 7 February 1844) was a Swiss architect and urban planner whose prominent career as an exponent of Neoclassicism was spent largely in Milan and Lombardy. He was the designated archit ...

and was built for Count Archinto, beginning in 1829. A 16th-century palace once stood at the site. Canonica also designed the surrounding landscaped gardens, adjacent to those of the

Royal Villa of Monza The Royal Villa (Italian: ''Villa Reale'') is a historical building in Monza, Northern Italy. It lies on the banks of the Lambro river, surrounded by the large Monza Park, one of the largest enclosed parks in Europe. The Royal Villa, also cal ...

and bordering the

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river. In 1862, the Archinto family sold the property to the

Barnabite Order The Barnabites (), officially named as the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (), are a religious order of clerics regular founded in 1530 in the Catholic Church. They are associated with the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul and the members of the Bar ...

, who converted the property in to a school for boys. In 1873, the institute was suppressed and the villa acquired by Filippo Pennati. It remains a private residence of his descendants, and is now subdivided into apartments. Much of the movable interior decoration was sold by the Barnabite Order. The gardens contain two small temples, a pseudo-medieval tower, and an artificial lake, as well as other decorative architectural objects.Ville e castelli d'Italia: Lombardia e laghi
second edition, by

Luca Beltrami Luca Beltrami (November 13, 1854 – August 8, 1933) was an Italian architect and architectural historian, known particularly for restoration projects. Biography Early life and education Beltrami was born in Milan then part of the Austrian Em ...

, Editors of Tecnografica, Milan, (1907), page 254–256.

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*''La Villa Archinto a Monza. Analogie con alcuni esempi d'architettura neoclassica in Lombardia.'' by Silvia Guagliumi. Thesis from 1982-1983, published by Silvia editrice. Milan (2014). Relatore : Prof.Arch.Carlo Perogalli Gardens in Lombardy Archinto Pennati Monza